Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-11-02
The Wheat CroD.

on 3, O46, 900 acres, would yield 3s,OS5.
600 bushels In Southern Minnesota tn,
crop was almost total failure The pres
emit crop OF Minnesota is $4,000 bush
oils less than the crop of 1886 reported by
the State Department and ubout 4, OOO, OO(
bushels less than the amount given by liz
Washington Bureau Only Is per cent OF
the reports received say that farmers have
marketed freely, and IS per cent. reported
very light movement The Minneapolis
mills will need 10000, 900 bushels before
the next crop; there will be required fol
bread and seed 10000, 600; leaving 49,.
100000 for shipment from Minneapolis
for outside mills and for consumption by
country mills 49,,
'f.t>@t Minnesota Items.
Burglars entered P NJ. Christensen,
jewelry store at Warren the other nigh ,tnt
stole watches and jewelry valued at 5000
W. 4 Eastman, an old and highly -respec .
ed resident of Minneapolis, died few day.
ago, aged ninety-three yeals
Six hundred men are employed in con
structing the cable line at St Paul
:, Paul Schneider, well-known young mar
OF Kasson, was recently sent to Rochester
to be placed in the insane asylum at thai
place
William O. Dickerson, baggageman or
the Southern Minnesota railroad, was de.
clared insane recently by the probate
court, and warrant was issued for hi,
commitment to the Rochester Insane
asylum He is q single man, thirty-twt
years old, and formerly lived in New York
While Johannes Oleson was plow1ng or
the farm of A o. Kragnes, in the. township
of Kragnes, few afternoons ago lightning
struck and killed Oleson and the two mares
he was driving. Oleson came from Norway
last June. He left a wife and child
T: A. Harrison, president of the Security
Bank of Minneapolis died the other morn.
ing ut his residence Of acute pneumonia
aged seventy tive years
: The public school at Stockton was CLOSED
recently on account Of diphtheria.
> The Milwaukee Il ST Paul road has ISSUED
o livestock tariff between ST Paul and
points on its line, making reductions t.
points on the Iowa and Minnesota division.
also merchandise tariff from, Sioux City t.
points In Dakota
The gross earnings OF the Minnesota
Northwestern road for September we.t
$1S2, 669, against $54, 723 for the SAINT
month last year.
A tire in Rush City the other day dc.
strdS ed the Rush City Hotel and the stores
Of John McKeon, Joseph Mclaughlin, D. D.
Eddy and John Z. Johnson. Loss, $l5 600;
insurance, SIS, OOO
The thirteenth annual convention of tht
Young Mons Christian Association Of Min.
nesota and Dakota was held recently Il
Faribault with Thomas Cochran, Jr:, Of St
Paul, as chairman. Six hundred Or more
delegates were In attendance.
The Carnival Association directors mel
at ST Paul the other evening and reported
that there would be no difficulty in raising
$25, 600 for the ice palace H."
The thirtieth anniversary of the Presby.
terrain church ut st. Peter was celebrated
the other evening 49, "a -~~, - - .<st,,s.t'
A bold but unsuccessful attempt was made
carly the other morning to rob the Carve,
County Bank ut Chaska The safe blower,
forced open the Two outer doors of the safe,
but failed on the third and last door. There
was SIC, 600 In the safe. .5.l
John Peterson, of the Gull River Lumber
Company, at Brainerd, IN attempting te
cross the track In front of an approaching
train . few days ago tripped and fell and
was run over. He died from the shock d
amputation of all his limbs. -" . 49,
It is positively asserted that the St Paul
l. Duluth road will begin at once the extern
sion Of its line from ST PAU to Omaha, the
surveying therefor being about completed
The road will be as nearly aspossible an al
line ~s~g s.s. z$e n
The new hall of the Ancient Order ut
United WOrkmen at Rochester was dedic4 TIC
q few evenings ago. A large delegation oi
visiting brothers from other lodges was
present "A grand ball was given in the hail
immediately after the banquet III
The prosecution OF sever; parties in WI
mona tor selling liquor without license fell
through the other day. When the second
case was called for trial it appeared that
Detective Carson, who had been employed
to work up the cases. had left town. The
city attorney, In moving to dismiss the
cases, said the detective had been threat
5ened with q coat Of tar and feathers .a$
Mary Zens, handsome young woman
now an inmate OF the insane asylum at
Rochester, was arrested two weeks ago tol
kidnapping, but upon examinations was s isn't
to the county Jail for . few days before her
removal to the asylum. While In Jail She
was oriminally assaulted by . turnkey
named Shields and two other men. The
crime has caused much Indignation The
State Board OF Charities would investigate
the case III is5E3 ss,5s5 ~ III
4 The Standard Bank Of Minneapolis re-
GENTLY q ed articles Of incoa poration and
was authorized by the Superln dent Of
Banks to commence business There hid
been $25, 900 capital paid Ii. It's officers
nree Inhn KE Oii ye,. r1rnsi n1t. (Jhn11nn Ar